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Level 4 HNC and/or Level 5 HND in Leadership & Management
Designed to develop your knowledge of team leadership and management from a management perspective, this HTQ aims to enhance your skills to progress into employment across a wide range of industries. The purpose of the qualification is to develop students as...
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Level 4 HNC and/or Level 5 HND in Leadership & Management
Designed to develop your knowledge of team leadership and management from a management perspective, this HTQ aims to enhance your skills to progress into employment across a wide range of industries. The purpose of the qualification is to develop students as...
Member News
Ballards LLP Achieves Triple Shortlisting at Tolley’s Taxation Awards 2025
L-R: Dan Guy – Director – Cubed Tax, Lucy Charles – Private Client Tax Director – Ballards LLP, Martin Adams – Corporate Tax Partner – Ballards LLP, Phil Waller – Tax Partner – Ballards LLP and Gina Gardner – Associate Director – Ballards...
Garden centres can order three plants this year from Wyevale Nurseries to fundraise for the charity Perennial
GARDEN centres keen to raise money and awareness for the vital work of the horticultural industry charity Perennial can now order three fundraising plants from Wyevale Nurseries for summer delivery (2025). Hereford-based Wyevale Nurseries’ 2025 Retailers’ Promotional...
Patron & Strategic News
The Development Manager’s Short, Targeted Skills Development for your Employees and New Recruits.
The Development Manager’s short, targeted skills development for your employees and new recruits. Revolutionising workforce development to meet the demands of the digital age. Do your team need more training in Excel? Could they be more marketing savvy? Are...
Kidderminster law firm raises funds for Home-Start Wyre Forest
A Kidderminster law firm has donated over £4,000 to local charity, Home-Start Wyre Forest. Partners and support staff at Kidderminster’s mfg Solicitors held events throughout the past 12 months for the charity which provides support and advice to struggling Wyre...
Chamber News
Welcome new Members!
The Chamber would like to wish a very warm welcome to our newest Members this month: Worcestershire Abbey Gate Media Limited – Supporting your business with creative and innovative marketing solutions County Building – Supplies Catering to all for timber,...
Two Counties’ biggest Business Expo just 1 week away
The Herefordshire & Worcestershire Chamber of Commerce are delighted to welcome over 700 exhibitors and attendees to the Chamber Business Expo, sponsored by Hewett Recruitment, next Thursday 10 March at the Three Counties Showground, Malvern. Stands are now sold...
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Introducing CDM Plastics
CDM Plastics is a well established acrylic fabricator based in Redditch. They are an approved fabricator for the main plastic sheet manufacturers. Throughout the pandemic, CDM Plastics have been supplying protective sneeze screens for both large retailers, including...
Introducing CDM Plastics
CDM Plastics is a well established acrylic fabricator based in Redditch. They are an approved fabricator for the main plastic sheet manufacturers. Throughout the pandemic, CDM Plastics have been supplying protective sneeze screens for both large retailers, including...
Policy News
£3 billion ‘green investment’ set to decarbonise buildings and cut emissions
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to unveil a £3 billion green investment programme to create jobs, upgrade buildings and protect the environment as part of efforts to rebuild the economy following Covid-19. The £3 billion investment aims to help the UK “build back...
Coronavirus advice for accommodation providers
All guest accommodation providers can reopen from 4 July. This guidance for Hotels and Other Guest Accommodation sets out how to open businesses safely while minimising the risk of spreading coronavirus (COVID-19). Accommodation providers may also need to refer to...
Skills News
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Charity News
Gin Tasting for Lifesaving Midlands Air Ambulance Charity
Nelson’s Distillery & School is teaming up with the crew at Midlands Air Ambulance Charity to offer a gin tasting experience and virtual networking event. The Uttoxeter-based distillery is hosting on a virtual gin tasting to help raise lifesaving funds for...
Chamber goes pink for Breast Cancer Now
On Wednesday 20 October, Chamber staff pulled out their best pink outfits to support #WearItPink Day, in support of Breast Cancer Now. The day is officially due to be held on Friday 22 October, but with most staff working from home on this day, the team brought...
Spring Budget must help alleviate pressure on concerningly tight labour market
Reacting to the latest ONS Labour Market figures, David Bharier, Head of Research at the BCC, said: “Today’s ONS figures provide further evidence of historic tightness in the labour market. Despite a slight fall, there are still over 1.12 million vacancies across...
BCC News
Spring Budget must help alleviate pressure on concerningly tight labour market
Reacting to the latest ONS Labour Market figures, David Bharier, Head of Research at the BCC, said: “Today’s ONS figures provide further evidence of historic tightness in the labour market. Despite a slight fall, there are still over 1.12 million vacancies across...
Worcestershire News
Indegu launch new collaborative eLearning space for SMEs at the Chamber’s Business EXPO
Local eLearning experts Indegu Ltd unveiled their latest online proposition at the Chamber of Commerce’s Business Exhibition. The new collaborative eLearning platform was launched by Indegu Ltd at the recent Business Exhibition hosted by the Herefordshire &...
Faun Zoeller UK committed to hire five apprentices in 2023
FAUN- Zoeller UK (FZUK) continue to foster the next generation of talent by hiring talent through apprenticeship schemes which sees candidates who have completed their schooling, college or university be fully integrated into the workplace. The group has recently...
Herefordshire News
Hereford City Centre Improvement
A £6m project which includes £3m Getting Building Fund to refurbish the historic core of Hereford through investment in the streetscape with high quality materials and consistent soft and hard landscaping. This scheme will increase footfall and the economic potential...
Working in Partnership for a zero-carbon nature-rich county
A new Climate and Nature Partnership Board is leading the way and coordinating action across the county to tackle climate change, with the vision of a zero-carbon nature-rich Herefordshire by 2030. With members from a range of backgrounds including business, community...
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Employers Receive Coveted Ministry of Defence Award
Thirty seven employers from the West Midlands region have been presented with their Ministry of Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) Silver Awards. Our awards took place on Wednesday 11th September, at the National Memorial Arboretum. The ERS awards are now in...
The Courtyard October Film Listings
OCTOBER FILM Mon 14, 6.30pm RADIX FILM CLUB PRESENT: RUN LOLA RUN (1998, 15, 35mm) Radix Film Club is bringing back the German mega-hit Run Lola Run on a glorious 35mm print. After her boyfriend Manni loses 100,000DM, Lola has 20 minutes to raise the money and deliver...
Mum Graduates and has Advice for Daughter who’s just Beginning her Studies
It’s a big week for one family, as a mum graduates and her daughter gets ready to begin her studies at the University of Worcester. Around 2000 graduates received their degree certificates this week, and amongst the people celebrating were Caroline Farrell and her...
Ormerod Rutter Chartered Accountants welcomes 12 new apprentices.
Ormerod Rutter Chartered Accountants is proud to announce the addition of 12 new apprentices to its growing team this year. Accountancy apprentices will have the opportunity to work in different areas of the practice whilst working towards their qualifications. The...
Alcea Consulting Limited Named Best Boutique Business Consulting Firm 2024 – West Midlands by SME News Magazine
We are thrilled to announce that Alcea Consulting Limited has been recognised as the Best Boutique Business Consulting Firm 2024 in the West Midlands by the prestigious SME News Magazine. The Worcestershire-based firm founded in 2017 pivoted from providing...
Kersten Catella joins Wyevale Nurseries as Sales & Marketing Director
WELL-KNOWN and highly respected horticultural industry professional Kersten Catella has joined Hereford-based Wyevale Nurseries as its Sales and Marketing Director (September 2024). In her new role, Kersten is focused on getting behind the company’s vision and mission...
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